Metal News for February 17, 2023
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8 news articles posted on this day.
Drain Of Impurity Premiere New Lyric Video
Ankara, Turkey-based brutal death metal outfit Drain Of Impurity (Cenotaph, Anal Stabwound) premiere a new lyric video for “Infinite Recycle Of Morbid Breed”, taken from the band's brand new album "Beneath The Maze Of Infinite Equilibrium", which was released January 10, 2023.
Check out now "Infinite Recycle Of Morbid Breed" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Ratgod Premiere New Single "Sensor"
Easton, Pennsylvania-based deathcore/metalcore unit Ratgod premiere a new single titled “Sensor”, taken from their new EP of the same name, out in stores now.
Check out now "Sensor" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Matriarchs Premiere New Single & Music Video
Los Angeles-based metalcore/hardcvore outfit Matriarchs premiere a new single and animated music video named “Everything I Love Dies”, featuring Billy Graziadei of Biohazard fame.
Check out now "Everything I Love Dies," streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Last Legion Premiere Full-Album Stream
Swedish blackened death'n thrash metal quartet Last Legion premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Metall, Blod & Aska", which was released today via Grind to Death Records.
Check out now "Metall, Blod & Aska" streaming in its entirety via YouTube below.
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Karybdis Sign w/ U.S. Agency EMG
EMG Senior Artist Manager and Talent Scout Greg Shaw is excited to announce and welcome London based death metal act Karybdis to his roster.
Described by Metal Hammer as an ‘eclectic blend of melodic death metal, 21st-century metalcore and prog-tinged technicality’ the UK act have worked alongside some of the leaders in the industry since the band’s inception. With recordings produced by Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Lock Up) and Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Devildriver, Unearth) through to performing on renowned festivals such as Bloodstock and UK Tech Fest where the band shared the stage with iconic acts such as Parkway Drive, Anthrax, Dimmu Borgir, Soulfly, Dying Fetus, Psycroptic, Archspire and many, many more, KARYBDIS have had an impressively successful career.
The partnership with EMG will see the band take their ascendance to a new level, reaching markets and stages across the world and joining an agency that has represented some of the leaders in the genre, such as Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Cattle Decapitation and Misery Index to name but a few.
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The Ocean Premiere New Single & Music Video
A second single and muisic video named “Parabiosis” taken from German post-metal outfit The Ocean‘s upcoming tenth studio full-length “Holocene” has premiered online streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. A May 19th release date has been scheduled for that album.
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Cattle Decapitation Premiere New Single & Video
Cattle Decapitation premiere their new single and music video by the name of “We Eat Our Young”, taken from the band's upcoming new album "Terrasite", which will be out in stores May 12th through Metal Blade Records.
Check out now "We Eat Our Young" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Cattle Decapitation have been tapped for this year’s edition of the annual ‘Decibel Magazine Tour‘, sharing the stage with Dark Funeral, 200 Stab Wounds and Blackbraid on the below booked dates: More...
Chelsea Grin Premiere New Single & Music Video
Salt Lake City-based deathcore outfit Chelsea Grin premiere a new single and music video by the name of “Fathomless Maw”, taken from their upcoming new album "Suffer In Heaven", which will be out in stores on March 17th.
Check out now "Fathomless Maw" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Chelsea Grin will be co-headlining the below spring run with Carnifex. Left To Suffer and Ov Sulfur will join them as support acts: More...
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